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The eight-time world champion shared his perspective about the Netflix 'SPRINT' docuseries that premiered earlier this week.
Eight-time world champion Michael Johnson has shared a detailed analysis on his thoughts about the ‘SPRINT’ docuseries now airing on Netflix.
The docuseries features top sprinters like Noah Lyles, Kishane Thompson, Letsile Tebogo, Julien Alfred, and Gabby Thomas but it has received a lot of backlash from athletes and fans on why it mainly focuses on the American athletes.
Letsile Tebogo, Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith and Akani Simbine are among the African athletes dissatisfied by how the producers overlooked the success of Africa. They lamented about how they would be followed by cameras all the way with some never making it to the film.
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05:00 - 04.11.2024
'He got me this time' - Junelle Bromfield left speechless as fiancé Noah Lyles surprises her with luxurious new house
Jamaican sprint queen Junelle Bromfield was left in awe after her fiancé Noah Lyles, the Olympics 100m champion, surprised her with a luxurious new house following their engagement.
Sharing his thoughts, Michael Johnson explained that the whole essence of the show is not only to entertain track and field fans but also any other audience. He pointed out that the show is to be a solely entertainment program.
“Athletes are featured based on a compelling and entertainment narrative. That includes personality (love, hated, or both), winning the gold, and an interesting story. This is the model for modern mainstream entertainment vs the antiquated amateur sports model of all who work hard and achieve good results are deserving and included. This is hard for track people to accept,” Michael Johnson said on X.
He added that having interacted with tons of non-track fans, they claimed to love both seasons and some were even drawn to now following track and field as a whole. He added that a huge chunk of complaints came from non-track fans, explaining that they demanded things that would have the ‘show cancelled after season 1.’
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08:03 - 16.11.2024
'I'm tired of losing'- Kenny Bednarek on how losing 100m title at Paris Olympic Games hurt his feelings
An emotional Kenny Bednarek expressed his disappointment after losing the 100m at the Paris Olympic Games.
The four-time Olympic champion explained that SPRINT was developed to help track and field grow but having a number of track fans uninterested in watching the show is wanting.
“In my opinion it’s doing what we hoped for by highlighting the sport to a broad audience and bringing casual fans and non-track fans to the sport. Is there room for improvement? Of course. Always!” he shared.
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